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LG and the hunt for the next-gen corporate incubator

TechCrunch

Whatever you do, don’t refer to LG’s incubator program LG Nova as a corporate venture capital (CVC) outfit. So far, that sounds like any other corporate incubator. “When I say new businesses, that can mean a lot of different things.

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What I Would Look for When Choosing a VC – Knowing What I Know Now?

Both Sides of the Table

The other problem with extreme success is that for some VCs it makes them disinterested in middling outcomes, things that take a long time to incubate or solving thorny problems when a company doesn’t immediately move up and to the right. The best way – of course – is to reference check. Startups are hard.

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My Pal Dave: A Triumph of Substance Over Style

Both Sides of the Table

These engagements went well and he came highly referred by my friend Gary Swart who runs oDesk. Wasn’t when Dave started championing it and making it a tenet of his incubator class. I knew his as he considered becoming a VC and we talked a lot about how it was going for me in my early years. I think my pal Dave is unemployable.

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Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy & Innovation Signs an MOU with “Hive Colab,” a Ugandan Business Incubation Organization, for the Development of Startup Clusters

AsiaTechDaily

Register Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy & Innovation (President Kim Won-kyung, hereinafter referred to as “GCCEI”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hive Colab, headquartered in Kampala, Uganda, to innovate the business environment for startups in both countries.

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Subak, which incubates data-for-climate not-for-profits, announces six startups in 2022 cohort

TechCrunch

based incubator focused on nonprofit startups that are addressing climate-related challenges through open-source data initiatives has announced the six startups which will be put through its 2022 program. The incubator was founded by Baroness Bryony Worthington, who was the lead author of the U.K.’s

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Wrap-up of the Startup Community Leaders Mission USA 2018

Startup Catalyst

Some of the top startup accelerators, incubators, co-working spaces, maker spaces, investor groups, and founder support groups are located in San Francisco, making it the ideal location to visit. They collaborate and refer to those that play their specific role. People here are incredibly willing to help, to introduce and refer.

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Maximum Impact

This is going to be BIG.

Despite the fact that I'm a blackbelt in Tae Kwan Do (haven't practiced in a few years though), what I'm referring to has nothing to do with kicks or punches. Run an accelerator/incubator? Sounds like a Jean-Claude Van Damme movie doesn't it? I'm talking about innovation in New York City and a very basic thought exercise.

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